SQL Server Agent, Alerts object
Applies to: 
SQL Server
The SQL Server Agent Alerts performance object contains performance counters that report information about SQL Server Agent alerts. The table below lists the counters that this object contains.
The table below contains the SQLAgent:Alerts counters.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| Activated alerts | This counter reports the total number of alerts that SQL Server Agent has activated since the last time that SQL Server Agent restarted. |
| Alerts activated/minute | This counter reports the number of alerts that SQL Server Agent activated within the last minute. |
Note
To use this SQL Server Agent object, users must be a member of the sysadmin fixed server role.